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TIL: There’s an anime and manga in Japan called Saint Young Men, which is about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in Tokyo while taking a vacation on Earth and attempting to understand Japanese society.

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9YMDX TIL that in 1508 a French town tried to convict the local rats of destroying their crops, a lawyer successfully defended them by first arguing that court summons must be given to each individual rat and then arguing that it was too dangerous for them to come to the trial due to the cats in the town
NXBwQ TIL that 'Swimming Reindeer' is the name given to a highly detailed 13,000 year-old ivory sculpture. Carved in the late Ice Age, it depicts two migrating reindeer (m & f) and shows a sophisticated understanding of their anatomy & behaviour. Antlers, fur, genitalia, udders & markings are all shown.
Z8pAG TIL There is a man in Guinness World Records who claims to have a gift from God as he says he can speak and read 58 languages. However, he stated in 2015 that at the time he could only fluently speak fifteen of those languages without preparing himself
lVJB TIL “jaywalking” became a crime in the US thanks in part to campaigns by the automotive industry. In the wake of increased pedestrian deaths, they wanted to shift the blame for road accidents from automobile drivers to pedestrians.
X064P TIL Waking up at 3 a.m. is common nowadays and favored our ancestors in changing the guard that warned of the dangers. An alteration in our metabolism at this time is responsible for this.